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VESALIUS, ANDREAS (1514-64). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johann Oporinus, August 1555.
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VESALIUS, ANDREAS (1514-64). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johann Oporinus, August 1555.
2° (407 x 267 mm). Roman type, shoulder notes and descriptions of illustrations in italic. Woodcut title showing the author performing a dissection in a crowded amphiteatre, woodcut portrait of Vesalius on a6v, over 200 woodcut anatomical illustrations, including 21 full-page and 2 double-page cuts showing the skeletal, muscular, vascular and nervous systems, two folding woodcut diagrams, of the circulatory system (fol. "X1", paginated 505), and the nervous system (paginated 553-54, intended to be inserted after bb6, here misbound after aa3), X2 (unpaginated) containing eight woodcut anatomical details meant to be cut out and superimposed on the first folding plate, 1 14-line, 7 12-line, 182 7-line and 22 4-line historiated woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of last leaf. Ruled in red. (Bifolium a1.6 supplied from another copy, the title [a1] severely ink-stained and laid down on heavy paper, a6v marginally restored, folding venous system plate torn and repaired and with 3 small holes affecting text, 7-inch clean tear to second folding plate, lower blank margins of c3 and c4 cut away, 6 leaves with small marginal tears, Z5 browned, occasional light marginal dampstaining, washed, leaving faint overall discoloration and some marginal foxing and soiling.) 18th-century speckled calf, sides with gilt roll border, spine gilt (rubbed, restoration to joints and board edges, endpapers renewed).
Second folio edition (preceded by a mostly unillustrated small-format Lyons piracy printed in 1552), containing Vesalius's final textual revisions. The edition was entirely reset in larger type, necessitating a new set of woodcut initials, and it was printed on heavier paper than the 1543 edition, a factor that contributed to the overall superiority of the printing. Eight new small woodcuts were added, and for unknown reasons the title woodcut was cut anew, with several modifications. The majority of the cuts are those of the first edition; they have been attributed to an unknown artist from the school of Titian. Adams V-605; Choulant-Frank, pp. 181-2; Cushing vi.A.3; Garrison and Morton 377; Heirs of Hippocrates 173; NLM/Durling 4579; Norman 2139.
2° (407 x 267 mm). Roman type, shoulder notes and descriptions of illustrations in italic. Woodcut title showing the author performing a dissection in a crowded amphiteatre, woodcut portrait of Vesalius on a6v, over 200 woodcut anatomical illustrations, including 21 full-page and 2 double-page cuts showing the skeletal, muscular, vascular and nervous systems, two folding woodcut diagrams, of the circulatory system (fol. "X1", paginated 505), and the nervous system (paginated 553-54, intended to be inserted after bb6, here misbound after aa3), X2 (unpaginated) containing eight woodcut anatomical details meant to be cut out and superimposed on the first folding plate, 1 14-line, 7 12-line, 182 7-line and 22 4-line historiated woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of last leaf. Ruled in red. (Bifolium a1.6 supplied from another copy, the title [a1] severely ink-stained and laid down on heavy paper, a6v marginally restored, folding venous system plate torn and repaired and with 3 small holes affecting text, 7-inch clean tear to second folding plate, lower blank margins of c3 and c4 cut away, 6 leaves with small marginal tears, Z5 browned, occasional light marginal dampstaining, washed, leaving faint overall discoloration and some marginal foxing and soiling.) 18th-century speckled calf, sides with gilt roll border, spine gilt (rubbed, restoration to joints and board edges, endpapers renewed).
Second folio edition (preceded by a mostly unillustrated small-format Lyons piracy printed in 1552), containing Vesalius's final textual revisions. The edition was entirely reset in larger type, necessitating a new set of woodcut initials, and it was printed on heavier paper than the 1543 edition, a factor that contributed to the overall superiority of the printing. Eight new small woodcuts were added, and for unknown reasons the title woodcut was cut anew, with several modifications. The majority of the cuts are those of the first edition; they have been attributed to an unknown artist from the school of Titian. Adams V-605; Choulant-Frank, pp. 181-2; Cushing vi.A.3; Garrison and Morton 377; Heirs of Hippocrates 173; NLM/Durling 4579; Norman 2139.